Email Author Mary Helen Spooner

2001 Stories by Mary Helen Spooner

• Ali's Mother and Her Dessert

  published September 27, 2001

  Picture this: a honeymooning couple on a tour of Egypt. They are the youngest ones in the tour group by at least 20 years. But that's not what's... More >>

• 24K Mold

  published May 17, 2001

  I'm toying with the idea of planting corn in my backyard, then infecting it with the fungus Ustilago maydis. If all goes well, the kernels will be... More >>

• High Turnovers

  published February 15, 2001

  It is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food, a baked turnover filled with meat, onions and potatoes. The humble Cornish pasty (pronounced... More >>